Jumping On and Off the Clouds

March 14, 2011 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Jumping On and Off the Clouds

March 14, 2011 – We hear the term “cloud” every day, but what does it mean to us, and more importantly, how do we decide whether or not to move our data?

Information Management brought this issue to our attention in their article, “5 Laws of Data Integration in the Cloud.” There are huge advantages to moving to the cloud: reduced expenses, powerful elastic computing platforms that handle peak loads, fast implementations and reduced IT needs, to start. But before you jump on the cloud, be sure you know what to expect in regards to data integration. Many businesses have begun transitioning back to an on-premises situation because of the unexpected challenges in that area.

The author of this interesting article points out a few reasons why data integration can be so intimidating. First on that list was how data is widely distributed in the clouds. The mystery of the distance between you and your data is disturbing to some.

Take a few minutes to read the other reasons. It might help you down the road.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.